Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Middle East peace efforts could not succeed without regional backing and that Israel must not be allowed to “dynamite” the US-Iran peace deal.
Speaking alongside Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Istanbul, Erdogan said: “No solution that does not take strength from the will and contributions of regional countries can be lasting.”
Türkiye, a NATO member and Iran’s neighbour, has repeatedly accused Israel of trying to undermine the U.S.-Iran deal mediated by Pakistan, and has condemned Israeli operations in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria.
“We are closely following the Israeli administration’s attempts to dynamite the (U.S.-Iran) deal… The current war-addicted Israeli government must not be allowed to drown our geography in the smell of gunpowder and blood again,” Erdogan said.
Erdogan also said Turkey aimed to deepen co-operation with Pakistan in energy, transport, critical minerals, information technology and defence, while pursuing a bilateral trade target of $5 billion.
